Considering Additions to Your Regular Plan: 10 Ideas for Culinary Presentations that Guests Will Love

2019.02.10 published

What Kind of Culinary Hospitality Can You Offer?

The food at a wedding reception greatly influences guest satisfaction. It would be great to provide some thoughtful hospitality that reflects your unique style, not just by upgrading the course rank! ♡

A classic culinary treat is the dessert buffet.

However, there are many other unique and wonderful ideas out there.

In this article, we will introduce some production ideas that newlyweds who want to offer culinary hospitality to their guests should consider ♩

Culinary Hospitality Idea #1: Chazuke Buffet

Instead of a dessert buffet, how about a chazuke buffet? ♡ Guests can top white rice with their favorite ingredients and pour dashi over it.

Isn't it stylish to finish with chazuke? ♡ It’s perfect as a precursor to dessert.

Guests can create their original chazuke by sampling various toppings in small amounts. It seems like you could easily eat several bowls.

It’s likely to please those who aren’t fond of sweets or older guests as well! ♡

Culinary Hospitality Idea #2: Bread Buffet

A generous offering of various types of bread! ♡ It’s like having a bakery come to your wedding with a bread buffet.

Typically, staff serve at receptions, but with this setup, guests can enjoy as much bread as they want whenever they like! It's great that there are sweet breads like melon pan available too.

If there are leftovers, guests might appreciate being able to take some home.

Culinary Hospitality Idea #3: Snack Buffet

If many of your guests enjoy drinking, they will surely appreciate a snack buffet!

Prepare plenty of finger foods like asparagus wrapped in prosciutto and potato chips.

This will surely enhance the fun at the wedding! ♡

Culinary Hospitality Idea #4: Gelato Buffet

Some newlyweds have set up a cute cart for a gelato buffet! The couple themselves hands out gelato to their guests.

While guests may have experienced dessert buffets before, a gelato buffet will likely be new to many.

We hope they take lots of memorable photos in front of this cute cart! ♡

Culinary Hospitality Idea #5: Sushi Buffet

Sushi, loved by everyone! A luxurious sushi buffet is sure to leave your guests impressed. It’s perfectly fine if the previous courses were Western-style; sushi is always a different appetite!

Many couples choose to surprise their guests with a sushi buffet after a costume change into traditional attire. ♡

There are also those who set up a seafood bowl buffet where guests can top white rice with their favorite sushi toppings!

It feels like visiting a morning market at a fishing port, which is exciting! ♡

@hro0808

Culinary Hospitality Idea #6: BBQ

An idea for hosting a barbecue party in the garden adjoining the reception hall. Combining a wedding and a barbecue is unexpected and fun!

It will definitely be a blast to enjoy BBQ together! ♡

Culinary Hospitality Idea #7: Beer Buffet

Let's also introduce a drink hospitality idea. A beer buffet is recommended for beer-loving newlyweds! ♡

Choose beers from around the world and let your guests pick their favorites.

It looks stylish and feels just like an overseas wedding! ♩

Culinary Hospitality Idea #8: Sake Bar

This couple has prepared a sake bar!

It's a surprise for the guests: when they open the curtain, there’s a sake bar! ♩

The groom, who loves sake, selected various drinks for the guests to enjoy. What a wonderful hospitality that relates to the couple!

Culinary Hospitality Idea #9: Original Drinks

Next, we present the idea of offering original drinks. They wanted guests to know about their hometown!

Prepare alcoholic or soft drinks using local specialties and local sake.

For couples from different hometowns, why not try local drinks? ♩

Culinary Hospitality Idea #10: Regional Cuisine

This is also an idea recommended for newlyweds from different regions.

Offer dishes and ingredients that are unique to your hometown! ♡

This couple served their guests "Iwakuni-zushi," a pressed sushi famous in Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. They placed lotus root, a specialty of Iwakuni, on the sushi themselves. *

A bride from Toyama prepared a giant masu sushi as a wedding cake!

This familiar taste for family and local friends will be a fresh experience for other guests, and everyone will enjoy it! ♡

@tam_wd722

Culinary Hospitality Idea #11: Afternoon Tea

The last idea to introduce is to serve a variety of sweets arranged on a cake stand, providing a delightful hospitality experience! Just like a hotel afternoon tea, it sounds exciting! ♩

Since dessert plates are the norm at weddings, having a cake stand will surely surprise your guests.

Let’s Delight Guests with Culinary Hospitality! ♡

We have introduced some rare production ideas related to food that you might want to incorporate into your wedding reception.

If you want to focus on the food and ensure guest satisfaction, please use these as references! ♩

We hope to hear someone say, “This was the best food I've had at a wedding!” ♡

@achan.wedding